Models

Gemini 2.5 Pro Preview 03-25 Search vs Kimi K3

Compare Gemini 2.5 Pro Preview 03-25 Search from Google and Kimi K3 from Moonshot AI on key metrics including benchmarks, price, context length, and other model features. Access both models and hundreds of others through the AIHubMix API.

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Gemini 2.5 Pro Preview 03-25 Search
Google · text, image, audio, video → text

Integrated with Google's official search function.

Input$1.25 /M
Output$10.00 /M
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Kimi K3
Moonshot AI · text, image, video → text

Kimi K3 is Kimi’s flagship model for long-horizon coding and end-to-end knowledge work, with a 1M-token context window and industry-leading intelligence.

Input$3.00 /M
Output$15.00 /M

Pricing & Specifications

Prices are per million tokens. Time to First Token and throughput are rolling averages measured on AIHubMix.

Gemini 2.5 Pro Preview 03-25 Search
Kimi K3
Input /M
$1.25
$3.00
Output /M
$10.00
$15.00
Cache read /M
$0.13
$0.30
Context length
0
1,048,576
Max output
0
1,048,576
Time to First Token
2.3 s
0.9 s
Throughput
97.7 tok/s
73.1 tok/s
Modalities
textimageaudiovideo
textimagevideo
Supported Parameters
thinkingwebtoolsfunction callingstructured outputslong context
thinkingfunction callingstructured outputs
API Formats
Released
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Promotional prices show the discounted rate; see each model page for promotion windows.

Activity Past 30 Days

Daily traffic served through AIHubMix — how demand for each model is trending.

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Tokens / day

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Requests / day

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Performance Past 3 Days

Measured on real AIHubMix traffic, hourly buckets. Gaps mean no traffic in that hour.

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Throughput (tok/s)

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TTFT (s)

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Uptime (%)

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Cost calculator

Estimate your monthly bill for the same workload on each model.

Gemini 2.5 Pro Preview 03-25 Search
$225 /mo
Kimi K3
$405 /mo

Monthly = daily × 30. Discounted rates applied where a promotion is active.

FAQ

Which is cheaper: Gemini 2.5 Pro Preview 03-25 Search, Kimi K3?

Gemini 2.5 Pro Preview 03-25 Search: $10.00/M output tokens; Kimi K3: $15.00/M. Use the cost calculator above to estimate your own workload.

Which responds faster?

Kimi K3: 0.9s time to first token measured on AIHubMix; see the live performance charts above for how each model behaves across the day.

Which one generates tokens faster?

Gemini 2.5 Pro Preview 03-25 Search at 97.7 tok/s and Kimi K3 at 73.1 tok/s, measured as output throughput on AIHubMix — a separate metric from time to first token.

What inputs and capabilities does each model support?

Gemini 2.5 Pro Preview 03-25 Search accepts text, image, audio and video input and supports thinking, web search, tool calling, function calling, structured outputs and long context; Kimi K3 accepts text, image and video input and supports thinking, function calling and structured outputs.

Can I call Gemini 2.5 Pro Preview 03-25 Search and Kimi K3 with the same API key?

Yes. AIHubMix serves every model on this page behind one OpenAI-compatible endpoint, so switching between them is a one-line change to the model field — no second account, key or SDK.

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